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Kofi Kingston Talks About Paul Bearer, The Attitude Era & More

His tag team partners: ďAs long as Iím winning, it doesnít really matter to me. I have had the opportunity to have some great tag team partners. Between Punk and Evan and Truth, I mean gosh, every time me and Truth get together, whether weíre doing media interviews together or backstage, itís just constant banter. Weíre always just joking around and stuff. It was a very natural fit when he and I decided to team up.Ē

CM Punk losing the WWE Championship: ďItís really tough, because I think that we all saw just the road that Punk was on and heís really be kind of trail blazer in terms of becoming the star of this new generation. Between his pipe bombs, or whatever, every time he gets a microphone you know heís going to say something thatís either going to tick people off or mainly get you to remember what heís going to say. He always has a point to make. And then in the ring, heís very very good, one of the best, definitely of our era, and probably one of the best of all time. Ē

If itís harder to come up with good material now, as opposed to the Attitude Era: ďI donít know if itís necessarily harder. I just think that weíre a lot more conscious about the product that we put out. Even in the Attitude Era we were able to reach a whole lot of people. So itís very important because in the broad spectrum of people that we reach, our children are included and families are included. So, I think weíre just a lot more conscious now that we have a responsibility to do the right thing and represent for our kids and provide good role models for our kids. So I donít think itís necessarily harder, I think we are more creative in the way that we think.Ē

Paul Bearer: ďI had received a text that he had passed, and instantly I was just crestfallen because he was just a genuinely good person. Iíve never heard anyone say anything bad about him. When I first got involved in the business, we always used to have these camps at the school I trained at, Chaotic in New England, and he was the first actual star that came and talked to us, for like three hours. And he was telling us about his upcomings and how he came up through the business. That was like the first experience I had, where I was able to hear first hand, how somebody came up, what the business was like back in his day. It was really really cool. Being a wrestling fan growing up you always wondered what happened behind the scenes and now finally, 10-15 years later Iím actually getting to hear whatís going on and his story. I was very fortunate to be able to share that.Ē